U.S. Details Escalation in Laos War Amid Vietnam Debates
Senate testimony reveals rising U S military action in Laos from 1962 to 69 with about 200 Americans killed and 200 missing or prisoners. Officials acknowledge air strikes increased roughly 100 percent and note White House figures underestimated the scope.
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Laos
Vietnam
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Ments
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Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Symington
Robert L. F. Tyrell
Vang Pao
Defense Department
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Congress
Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lovell Back Home From Apollo 13 Mission Welcome
Space Center Houston greets astronauts James Lovell Fred Haise and Jack Swigert on their return from Apollo 13. Lovell salutes his wheelchair bound mother as 5 000 fans cheer outside and at home in El Lago and Timber Cove.
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Nixon
Honolulu
Space Center
Mission Control
el Lago
Timber Cove
The
Edwin Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Joe Kerwin
Lovell
Joe
Lover
Thomas K. Mattingly
Swigert
Mattingly
Lovells
Haise
Daring Surgery Monitors Brain Pressure in Severe Head Injury
Washington AP reports a new burr hole technique to insert a brain pressure monitor. Dr. R M Donaghy says it detects rising intracranial pressure before clinical signs appear, potentially saving lives. He cites 40 patients treated at Medical Center Hospital over five years.
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Washington
R. M. Peardon Donaghy
Medical Center Hospital
Burlington
Bacall Wins Big as Broadway Honors 24th Tony Awards
The 24th Tony Awards honored Applause as top musical with Lauren Bacall named best female star. Borstal Boy won best drama, Tammy Grimes and Fritz Weaver earned drama acting honors, and Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne received special citations.
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Dublin
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Cleavon Little
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Tammy Grimes
Fritz Weaver
League of New York Theaters
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Miss Grimes
Weaver
Katharine Hepburn
Coco
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Miss Hepburn
Hellinger Theater
Lynn Fontanne
Noel Coward
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